Yates finished the 2016 season as a Miami Dolphin and has been on the open market for a few months. He will compete to be the backup in Buffalo behind Tyrod Taylor.

Houston fans will forever remember Yates as the man who delivered the franchise its first-ever playoff win. He stepped in for injured Matt Schaub late in the 2011 season as a rookie from UCLA and guided the Texans to a win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the team’s first-ever playoff game.

He played sparingly over the next two seasons before heading to Atlanta. One year later he was back in Houston, even starting two games.

Terms are not yet disclosed.

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